Pasco School District # 1 serves over 17,000 school children from the City of Pasco, Washington and unincorporated Franklin County. It operates eleven elementary schools, four STEM elementary schools, three middle schools, an alternative middle school, two four-year high schools, and an alternative secondary school. There are over 700 teachers and 600 support staff. The annual operations budget for 2005-06 is $91 million.